Chapter 7: Orphan Town Take over
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Robin was taking Toadstool and me to Giant Land. "Where are we going?" I asked. "To show gratitude for your courage, Ike is creating an amazing surprise for you," said Robin. He turned around and saw me holding his robe. "What is it?" I asked. He pulled it away. "If I told you it wouldn't be a surprise, now would it?" asked Robin. "If you tell me I can still act like I'm surprised," I said. "You are a naughty little boy," said Robin. "Come on," I said. "Sorry, but this is just for you and Ike, a little master apprentice… thing," said Robin, "Ah! Here we are." We saw a rock. "You wait here," said Robin, "And I'll go get him." "I'll go with you," I said. "No!" said Robin as he laughed, "No. Just stay on this rock." I sat down. "You wouldn't want to get into any trouble like last time," said Robin. "That's true," I said. "While you're waiting you could work on those little fire tricks of yours," said Robin. "Ok," I said. He started walking away. "Will I like the surprise?" I asked. "Nicholas….. its to die for," said Robin.
Meanwhile, Roy, Wendy, and Larry were hiding behind a herd of Dinos. Wendy's stomach growled. "Shut up," said Roy. "I can't," said Wendy, "Look at all those dinos. I'm so hungry I gotta have one." "Not yet," said Roy, "Stay put." "Can I just take that little one over there?" asked Wendy. "No!" said Roy, "We wait for the signal from the reaper." Robin came and transformed into the Reaper signaling them. "There he is," said Roy, "Let's go." Toadstool and I were still at the area. "Little fire tricks," I said. I shot some fireballs. They were small. I shot some more. "I need more power," I said. I charged up for a more powerful fireball and shot it. "Nice," said Toadstool. We heard rumbling. "What's that?" asked Toadstool. We both looked and saw a bunch of dinos heading straight for us. "RUN!" we both said in unison. We ran from them. The koopalings were chasing them.
Cloud saw smoke. "Looks like the herd's on the move," he said. "That's mysterious," said Ike. "Ike," said Reaper disguised as Robin, "Quick! Stampede in the gorge in Giant Land! Nicholas and the princess are down there!" "Nicholas?" asked Ike. We continued running. I threw Toadstool to a safe area then saw a tree and climbed on it. Ike, Cloud and Saria rushed to find us. Saria grinded on the turbulence (A move she learned in her Wind Class). She saw me. "Saria, give me a hand!" I said. "Ike is on the way," said Saria, "Hang on!" "Hurry!" I said Ike and Cloud searched for us. "There's Nicholas on that tree!" said Toadsworth. "Hold on!" said Ike. He jumped down. "Oh Robin this is awful!" said Toadsworth, "What are we gonna do?" He thought of something. "I'll go back for help," he said, "That's what I'll do, go back for…." Robin hit him and he fainted. Ike went over to me. "Nicholas, let go!" he said. I let go and he caught me. "You're safe now," he said. He brought me over to where Toadstool was. "Come on," I said, "Let's go somewhere safe." Ike jumped onto a wall and started crawling with his Sais.
He came to the top and saw Robin. "Robin!" he said. "Master," said Robin. "Friend," he said, "Help me!" He was slipping. Robin took a sword and stabbed Ike's hand. He took off his skin disguise and revealed himself to be the Reaper. "Long live the leader," he said. He threw him off the cliff. We saw him fall. "NO!" I said. I went down to find him. "Ike!" I said, "Where are you?" I looked around for him. "Ike?" I said. I saw him lying on the floor. "Ike!" I said. I went over to him. He was just lying there. "Ike?" I said, "Come on Ike. Ike come on, you gotta get up." I pulled on his arm. "Help!" I shouted, "Is someone there? Is anyone there? I need help." Robin saw me. "What have you done?" he said.
"There were dinos and he tried to save me," I said, "I never meant for this to happen." "Of course you didn't," said Robin, "No one ever means for these things to happen, but Ike is dead and if it weren't for you he'd still be alive." "What am I gonna do?" I asked. "Run away Nicholas," he said, "Run away and never come back." I ran. He turned into the Reaper. Roy, Wendy and Larry joined him. "Kill him," he said. They chased after me and I ran. "We got him now!" said Roy. I kept running for my life. I jumped over a cliff where there were cacti below. Roy stopped and tripped.
I was about to flee when I saw him. I went over and caught him before he fell down and pulled him up. Wendy and Larry were shocked. "He….. saved me," said Roy. "Yeah…." I said, "I guess I did." "We just wanted to know why you ran away," said Wendy, "We weren't gonna kill you or anything." "I did something terrible," I said, "I don't wanna talk about it." "That's ok," said Roy. His stomach growled. "Looks like you guys are hungry," I said. "Yeah," said Wendy, "You should see what things are like where we have to live. There's no food, no water or anything." "Yeah," said Roy, "Reaper promised us endless meat, and there aren't any entrees."
"Good thing I always come with food," I said. I pulled out some pork chops and gave them to the koopalings. "If you want food, all you had to do was ask," I said, "There's no need to steal from us." "Really?" asked Roy. "No," I said, "I could sneak some food out for you sometimes." "Look at us," said Roy, "We're hunters. People are easily scared by us because of our looks. Aren't you scared of us?" "Nope," I said. "Really?" asked Wendy. "Yeah," I said. Bowser saw us and came to us. He made a happy growl. "If I made friends with this koopaling why can't I make friends with you?" I asked as I gave bowser some food. "For a human, you're quite acceptable," said Roy.
Meanwhile back at Orphan Town, there was a funeral going on for Ike. All the kids gathered to his grave as his funeral basked went down below. They were crying. "He was a great leader," said Lucina. She hugged Cloud and cried. "What will we do now?" asked Toadstool. "I don't know," said Toadsworth. She heard footsteps. From the fog came demon like creatures on one side, and koopalings on the other. "You little termites!" said a voice. The Reaper appeared. Everyone screamed. "I warned you what would happen," he said, "You let that kid bring a koopaling to our domain and look where it gets you. Your leader is dead!" "It wasn't his fault!" said a child. "Oh no?" said Reaper, "Well how come he hasn't come back to tell you what happened?" "He's probably on his way now," said Saria. "He's probably running away!" said a koopaling. "Liar!" said Toadstool, "Nicholas will come back to save us! I believe in him."
"How adorable," said Reaper, "You still think your hero is gonna come save you. Take a look!" He threw my hat on the ground and everyone gasped. "You think this is a video game where the hero will save you from the bad guy?" he asked, "Well guess what. You just lost!" The koopalings and demons swarmed around the city. "Now this city is ours and there will be no one to stop us!" said Reaper. The children ran. Toadstool went somewhere to hide, but Reaper grabbed her. "Oh no, no, no," he said, "You're staying with me, princess." "Let me go!" she said, "I demand that you put me down!"
Saria was watching. "Cloud, Saria, come on," said Lucina. They were heading to a secret hideout with Yoshi. Saria tripped on something. One of the koopalings thought they heard something. "What was that?" he said. He saw an ocarina and played with it. "How do I sound?" he asked. "Like a dumbass," said another one. "Well, maybe we can play with it before the ceremony," said the first one. "Idiot, didn't you hear Reaper?" asked the other one, "After we turn this city into a business and force the kids to work, he's gonna execute the princess to remind them who's boss. She's dead, they cry, we win." "We gotta find help," said Saria. She got on Yoshi and they made an escape from Orphan Town.
I was walking with Roy, Wendy, Larry and Bowser. "So you were following him because he promised you endless meat?" I asked. "That's right," said Roy, "And did we get our wish? No. We're to the point where we might eat each other." "You'll never get anywhere following that monster," I said, "He's evil." "But he brought us food before," said Roy. "He's bribing you," I said, "But I on the other hand know how to make friends." "Why are you befriending us?" asked Wendy, "We're different from you and scary." "That doesn't bother me one bit," I said, "You, and us. You are us." "What do you mean?" asked Roy. "A great leader once told me "We are one"," I said, "At first I didn't understand what he meant, but now that I spent half of this chapter, and the chapter before around koopalings I think I'm starting to understand." Bowser made a happy grunt. "Besides, I learned not all koopalings are nasty," I said, "And from the looks of it I don't think you are either." "You mean….. you wanna be our friend?" asked Wendy. "I thought we were already friends," I said.
"Nick!" said a voice. I turned around and saw Saria, Yoshi, Lucina and Cloud. "What are you guys doing here?" I asked. "Looking for you," said Lucina. She saw the koopalings. "What are they doing here?!" she said. "Hold your horses," I said, "They're friends." "Friends?" asked Saria, "You befriended koopalings?" "That's right," I said. "Nick, we need you to come back," said Lucina, "Reaper moved the koopalings and a swarm of demons into Orphan town, and they're taking control of everything." "And I heard a koopaling say that when they're finished, Reaper's gonna kill the princess!" "Oh no!" said Wendy, "We have to go back and save her." "We're gonna stop him," said Saria, "Get your staff Nick." I stayed. "Nick?" asked Saria. "I can't go back," I said. "Why?" asked Lucina. "You wouldn't understand," I said. "Nick, don't you care that Princess Toadstool is gonna get killed?" asked Lucina. "I just can't go back," I said, "Nobody there even knows what happened." "We would if you just told us," said Saria, "We're your friends." "Look," I said, "If I tell you, you gotta keep it a secret. No one, and I mean NO ONE can ever know about this. Deal?" "Deal," said Saria, "Excuse us for a second."
After a long talk they understood. "So you think you're responsible for his death," said Saria. "Yeah," I said, "Even if I do go back it wouldn't change what I did." "Nicholas…." Said Saria. "And I'll have to face my past and tell everyone the truth. I've be running from it this whole chapter." Saria took a deku stick and hit me with it. "Ow!" I said, "What the hell was that for?" "IT doesn't matter because its in the past," said Saria. "Yeah, but I hurts like hell," I said. "True, but my grandmother told me that you can deal with your pasts 2 ways," said Saria, "Run from it, or…. Learn from it." She tried to hit me again and I dodged. "There you go!" said Saria, "You made a mistake before, but there's always a way to fix it." "Really?" I asked. "That's right," said Saria, "And its up to you to fix that mistake. So you can sit here and hide for the rest of your life, or you can face your past and set things right." I looked at the necklace Toadstool gave me. "This necklace will point you to the right direction," said her voice, "My father is watching you from above and will help you all the way."
"So what are you gonna do?" asked Saria. I thought for a moment. "First I'm gonna take your stick," I said. I snatched it and ran. "Hey!" said Saria, "Not my stick!" I dropped it. "Hey, where are you going?" she asked. "I'm going back!" I said. "Not without us you're not!" said Roy, "Let's kick some reaper butt!" I saw an item block and hit it. A leaf came out and I grabbed it. I got raccoon ears, and a raccoon tail. "The Super Leaf!" said Lucina, "I never thought I would see one." She sharpened her blade while Saria made some hand made arrows and a bow. We were ready to face The Reaper. "Let's roll," I said. We started heading back to Orphan Town. "Hold on Princess," I said, "I'm coming.